SAM Coverage
SAM Staff
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Issues
Automatic application of emergency brakes One of the hottest topics this summer has been a provision of the addendum to the ANSI B77.1A standards…
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NSAA Newsletter
The Future of Skiing Several years of court action has prevented Disney from developing skiing facilities at Mineral King, Calif. Developers of Ski Yellowstone…
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Lifts 1977
As an index of industry health and growth, new lift construction has its limitations. For instance, a great deal of the lift work being…
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6 Industry Crystal Balls
As an accompaniment to Steve Bradley’s seriocomic fantasy beginning on Page 38, we asked a number of professionals in our field to project their…
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Construction ’78
On the heels of that record-breaking season of 1977-78, many had assumed that the industry would go on a big expansion binge. But this…
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Insurance
In anticipation of the insurance seminar at the NSAA Convention, as well as for the benefit of those who cannot attend, SAM decided to…
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Wunderbar!
Photos Courtesy of Hans Lamprecht, Motor im Schnee Magazine The multi-national trip started in Denver on January 18, when 46 ski area owners and…
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Wire Rope Inspection
In the Fall issue of SAM, we presented some thoughts on the inspection of wire rope by Howard Anderson, Engineering Coordinator of the Western…
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Newspapers
With all the current emphasis on reaching non-skiers and getting them to take up the sport, newspapers are an obviously powerful medium for doing…
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Grooming
Over the last 40 years, Mont Tremblant has always been interested in grooming trails so that the surface would be in the best possible…
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What A Snowmaking Year
Ed Note: If ever there was a year for snowmaking to be center stage and show its stuff, 1976-77 was it! In the East,…
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Grips
Coming to grips with GRIPS — The start of a continuing study of grip technology, including Part One of an inventory of grips still…
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Rumbling And Sliding
Easily the most talked-about summer marketing device is the slide. There are two systems being marketed which are quite different in design, but which…
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Media-Newspapers
With all the current emphasis on reaching non-skiers and getting them to take up the sport, newspapers are an obviously powerful medium for doing…
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Glendinning Report
“Ski Industry Pilot Study and Recommended Marketing Effort” by Glendinning Associates It’s time we all put this matter of skier market growth into proper…
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Coke Puts On Skis
The Coca Cola program that was proposed to the NSAA membership in August is now a reality. Area response was strongly positive, as indeed…
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The Snow Makers
The biggest equipment news is bound to be in the field of snowmaking. The dreadful realities of what can happen in the east has…
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Q & A On Grooming
Q. On slope grooming Over the past three years, the ski industry has witnessed the rapid growth of G.L.M. Rental and retail shops had…